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1). IL. BATES.

Stove L e g.

No'. 106,650. Patented Aug. 23., 1870.

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'rLFETERs, FHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGION, D Cv ."idltiitd DANIEL L.-BATES, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 106,650, dated August 23, 1870.

STOVE-LEG.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all to whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL L. Barns of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and in the State of Ohio, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Stovesyandl do hereby declare that the following is a full, clea1',and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing making a part ofithis specification, in-which Figure 1 is a plan view 'of the lower side of my improved stove-leg, showing the means employed for attaching it the stove, and

liigurei. is a vertical central section of the same, on the line a a; of fig. 1.

Letters of'like name and kind refer to like parts in -each of the figures.

The object of my invention isto provide a means whereby a stove-leg may be securely locked or fastenedto or upon a stove, and yet be easily and quickly removed therefrom when desired; and

It consists in the employment within the upper or horizontal portion of the'leg, of two peculiarshaped slots, for the reception of, and in combination with, two studs or pins, securedto and projecting downward from the bottom plate of the stove, as is hereinafter set forth.

a In the annexed drawing-- A representsthe body or vertical portion of a stoveleg, having secured to and projecting horizontally inward fromits upper end a flange, B, constructed in the general form shown in fig. l.

Passing vertically through the flange 1 near its rear end, and upon opposite sides thereof, are two circular openings, 0 and C, from the rear side of the first of which a slot, D, extends rearward and inward in a curve to the longitudinal center of said flange, and from thence'passes directly forward for a short distance in a straight line; while ii'om the secondnamed opening, 0', aslot, 1), curves forward and inward to the center of said flange, and from thence extends directly forward in the same line, and to an equal distance with the slotl). J

The sides of the openings 0 are vertical, while the sides of the slots 1) slope outward at an angle of about forty-five degrees, so that, while at their lower' sides the latter are nearly equal in width to the diameter of the former, their upper sides havea consider ably less width.

E and E represent two studs or pins, secured to and projecting dowmvard from the lower side of the bottom plate F, in a line with the center of theflange B, when in place, and at points corresponding m relative positions to the center of the openings 0.

As seenin fig. 2, the sides of the studs E incline.

inward and upward at an angle corresponding to that of the sides of 'the slots D, and have a suflicient diameter to closely fill the same, so that, when the openings (1 are'passed over said studs, and the leg turned so as to cause them to enter said slots, the

flange B will be held firmly against the plate F.

1 In order to attach the leg to the stove, 'the' openings G are passed over the pins, and the flange turned until said pins have passed through the curved port-ion of the slut l), and entered the straight parts of the same, when,-by pressing said leg directly inward,

the front ends of said slots are caused to firmly embrace said pins, and thereby look-said leg securely in position. To remove the leg, it is drawn forward until the pins have entered the curved position of the slots, turned one-fourth of a revolution to the right, and then dropped downward.

It will be readily seen that, while easily attached to or removed from a stove, it would be impossible for the leg to become accidentally detached; and, while possessing these advantages, a stove constructed with this improvement would cost but a trifle more than though the legs were attached thereto in the ordinary man ner.

Having thus fully-set forth the nature' and merits studs, E and E, secured to or upon the bottom plate I of the stove, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that l claimthe foregoing, l have hereunto set my hand this 15th day of J one, 1870. DANIEL L. BATES.

Witnesses:

Jason 0. STALEY, 'luos. 1). Museum. 

